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by bcadmin | Oct 17, 2022 | African-American Catholics, Cardinal Peter Turkson, Diocese of Little Rock, Loyola University, Mother Delille, Mother Henriette Delille, New Orleans, News, Sainthood, Sister Alicia Costa, Sister Sylvia Thibodeaux, Sisters of the Holy Family, U.S. & World News, University of Louisiana, Up for sainthood | 0 |
The Sisters of the Holy Family used a recent visit by Cardinal Peter Turkson to update him on the status of the sainthood cause for Mother Henriette Delille, the free woman of color who founded the congregation in New Orleans in 1842.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 11, 2022 | Albino Luciani, Catholic News Service, News, Pope John Paul I, Sainthood, Vatican | 0 |
As the sainthood cause of Blessed John Paul I reached a major milestone with his beatification at the Vatican in early September, promoters and supporters of his cause hope his legacy continues to get the attention it deserves.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 30, 2022 | Capodanno, Dicastery for the Causes of Saints at the Vatican, Father Capodanno, News, Sainthood, U.S. & World News | 0 |
George Phillips was evacuated with shrapnel wounds to his legs. The next day he learned that shrapnel tore fingers from Father Capodanno’s right hand. Still, the priest continued until 26 machine gun bullets killed him.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 28, 2022 | Book Review, Featured, Hubert van Zeller, News, Sainthood | 0 |
“Though the path is plain and smooth for men of good will, he who walks it will not travel far, and will do so only with difficulty, if he does not have good feet: that is, courage and a persevering spirit.” St. John of the Cross Dom Hubert van Zeller addresses this struggle of perseverance […]
by bcadmin | Jul 10, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, Sainthood, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton | 0 |
When the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg opens its new $4 million museum and visitors center next year, it will be a milestone for those with a deep devotion to America’s first native-born saint.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 6, 2022 | Featured, News, Sainthood, Saints, St. Dominic Savio, St. John Bosco | 0 |
In his book Holiness is for all Seasons, Pope Benedict XVI notes that conflicts between saints, such as Saints Peter and Paul, should comfort us, because they show that the saints were not dropped from Heaven. They are human just like you and me. We are all called by God Himself to be great saints […]
by bcadmin | May 5, 2022 | Carlo Acutis, Church in the US, News, relics, Sainthood | 0 |
BRICK, N.J. — A beatified teenager’s passionate love of the Eucharist was put on display for a group of New Jersey Catholic school students as U.S. Catholics begin a three-year eucharistic revival. Students of St. Dominic School in Brick, sang and prayed April 28, the day Trenton Bishop David M. […]
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Paths to Sainthood In May 2007, Pope Benedict XVI issued the document Sanctorum Mater (Instruction for Conducting Diocesan or Eparchial Inquiries in the Causes of Saints) that denoted the three principal criteria for starting a sainthood cause: martyrdom, heroic virtue, and reputation for holiness. Popes may on their own initiative recognize someone as a saint […]
by bcadmin | Feb 12, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, News, Religious Sisters, Sainthood, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton | 0 |
“Stories from the Sisters,” features short interviews with sisters who, like Conway, are members of the orders that trace their lineage to the first native-born American saint.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 12, 2022 | Canonization, Featured, News, Sainthood, Saints, Sophia Excerpts | 0 |
With the United States being a relatively young country compared with the traditionally Catholic nations, there are very few canonized U.S. saints, especially considering the total number of saints in Church history to be over ten thousand. Through the end of the twentieth century, there had only been eleven canonizations of people who were born, […]
by bcadmin | Jan 7, 2022 | Archbishop Christophe Pierre, Church in the US, Diocese of Shreveport, France, lead, News, Sainthood | 0 |
When Chris Charles Scott directed a documentary about five French priests that cared for the sick through the 1873 yellow fever epidemic in Shreveport he never expected that it would have a spot in this year’s Cannes World Film Festival.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 11, 2021 | All Saints Day, Human beings, Human doings, News, Sainthood, Saints, Saints point the way, Simple Holiness | 0 |
We likely all have our favorite saint: our namesake, the saint we chose for confirmation or a saint to whom we reach out due to a specific need. Saints are a staple of the Catholic Church. Nov. 1 was All Saints’ Day (which we celebrated this year at our Sunday liturgy, rather than making a special return to our churches for Mass, on what in other years is a holy day of obligation). With this day, we annually reflect on our devotion to these holy and venerable human beings who provide a map for living a life dedicated to God.
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